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Rosemary Claire Smith
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BIOGRAPHIES

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Rosemary Claire Smith co-wrote SAUROTOPIA about dinosaurs on a space station. Her science fiction and fantasy stories appears in Beneath Ceaseless Skies, Analog Magazine, Amazing Stories, Fantastic Stories, and elsewhere. She writes a book review column for Analog. Her story “Apollo in Retrograde” won the Sidewise Award for Alternate History.


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Rosemary Claire Smith writes about time travel, space exploration, alternate history, mythological beings, and dinosaurs. Her novel, SAUROTOPIA, written with Dave Creek, is out now. Rosemary’s story “Apollo in Retrograde” won the Sidewise Award for Alternate History. She’s a four-time finalist for Analog Magazine's readers award, and a book reviewer for Analog. As a former archaeologist, Rosemary excavated ancient sites in the U.S. She never gave up her dream of traveling back to the Bronze Age or to the heyday of the dinosaurs. Come with her by playing her interactive adventure game, T-Rex Time Machine. Follow her: www.rcwordsmith.com and @RCWordsmith.


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Rosemary Claire Smith writes about dinosaurs, time travel, space exploration, alternate history, and ancient myths. Her novel, SAUROTOPIA, written with Dave Creek, was published in July, 2026. It features smart dinosaurs on a space station. Rosemary's story “Apollo in Retrograde” won the Sidewise Award for Alternate History. She’s a four-time finalist for ANALOG SCIENCE FICTION’S readers award. Her regular book reviews appear in every other issue of ANALOG SCIENCE FICTION, and are free to read on line. Her short fiction has also appeared in BENEATH CEASELESS SKIES, AMAZING STORIES, FANTASTIC STORIES, THE REINVENTED HEART, THE REINVENTED DETECTIVE, and elsewhere. As a former archaeologist, Rosemary excavated ancient sites in the U.S. She’s never given up her dream of jumping back to the heyday of the dinosaurs, and wrote an interactive adventure game about doing so, T-REX TIME MACHINE. Follow her on-line at www.rcwordsmith.com, https://www.facebook.com/rosemary.c.smith.7, and across social media at RCWordsmith

AWARDS & NOMINATIONS

Sidewise Award for Alternate History

"Apollo in Retrograde" won the Sidewise Award for Alternate History, short form. It appeared in the November/December 2023 issue of Analog Magazine.

Analog Magazine's Readers' Award

The following stories were finalists for Analog Magazine's AnLab/Readers' Choice award:

  • "Apollo in Retrograde" (November/December 2023): second place novelette
  • "The Next Frontier" (July/August 2012): fourth place novelette
  • "Diamond Jim and the Dinosaurs" (July/August 2016) third place novelette

 

The following fact article was a finalist for Analog Magazine's AnLab/Readers' Choice award:

  • "The Science Behind 'Apollo in Retrograde'" (January/February 2024)

MEDIA APPEARANCES

Eating the Fantastic

Scott Edelman featured me on episode 32 (3/21/2017) of his Eating the Fantastic podcast.